We remain chilly for the rest of the week with below-normal temperatures persisting, but this will feel warm compared to what we’ve got coming for the weekend.

First, though, we’ve got to get through the work week. A cold front comes through early tomorrow, helping to clear out the cloud cover and sprinkles we saw today. Cold air moving in behind said front will keep high temperatures suppressed into the mid-50s despite the increasing sunshine.

Cold air will continue to blow into the area on Thursday, allowing air temperatures to drop below freezing and morning wind chills to bottom out near 20°. It’ll be a good day to layer up; 52° isn’t terribly warm still, but it will certainly feel better than a feels-like temperature of 21° in the morning.

High pressure will then begin to give way to low pressure developing somewhere off the Southeast coast on Friday. This will help generate some scattered showers throughout the day into early Saturday before the low pressure system moves away from the area, potentially bringing quite a snowstorm to the Northeast before it’s all said and done. Said low pressure will drive a sharp cold front through, and lead to weekend highs in the 40s and a very chilly Sunday morning of low 20s.

Yes…but will it snow?

We in #chswx continue to watch for the potential for a few conversational snowflakes to close out precipitation overnight Friday into early Saturday. The setup of cold chasing moisture is often a recipe for disappointment when it comes to winter weather in the Carolinas, so I want to make sure expectations are properly set. But yes, Lloyd, I’m saying there’s a chance — albeit a tiny one. We’re now coming into range of the higher-resolution mesoscale models which will help with fine-tuning of the details.

The good news? A freezing rain repeat of last weekend is not in the forecast, and for that, we all can be thankful.

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